Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-06-12

man; he would have made II all int IN
English shop. with the black men iorsh0p'
BOYS. We have changed all that, but We
ought 10 be grateful TO Shepstone. Inc
/ English have paid our debts, they have
eaten M the ZuluS. VINO would otherwise
have destroyed us, and they have let Us
beat them, aud now We are going to have
our turn again, and, rs you say, shall be
the first president
Eyes. uncle. replied the younger man.
calmly. ''and shall be the second
The great man looked 1t hun. "lou
are a bold man. he said; but bOldnesr
makes the man and the country. | dare
say YOU will. You have the head; and one
clear head can turn many fools, as the rnd
der does the ship, and guide them whei
they are turned. | dare say that You VIII
be president Il day ,
"Yes. I shall be- president, and when |
am [ will drive the engliShmcn out OF
South Africa. This | will do with the help
of the Natal IuluS. Then will destroy
the natives. ~ TChaka destroyed, keeping
only enough for slaves. That Is my plan,
uncle: il is a good one
1t is a big one; 1 am not certain that 1t
isa ySod one. But, good or bad, who shall
saw You may carry it out, nephew, II
live. 4 man with brains and wealth may
carry out ANYTHING if he lives. But there
Is a God. / believe, Frank Muller, that
there is a God, and | believe that Co sets
a limit to "A mans dOIngs. II he Is gong
too lar, God kills him. UgoU Ire, Frank
. Muller. YOU will do these things, but per
haps God will kill you. Who can say
You will do what God wills, not what you
will
The elder man was speaking seriously
now Muller felt that this was none oil the
whining cant people in authority among
the Beers lind il desirable to adopt. II
was what he thought. and 1t chilled Muller
in spite of his pretended SceptlclSm, as the
sincere belicfof an Intellectual man, now
ever opposite 20 own, Is apt 10 chiIl us
ipto doubt OF ourselves AMI our opinions.
For 4 moment his Slumbcrin% superstition
awoke. and he Irlt halt afraid Between
him and that bright future OF blood anu
power lay Il chill gulf. suppose thai gun.
should be death, aud the future nothing
but a drcam-or worse, His tace tell ~
the idea occurred to him, and the general
noticed it..
Well. ne went on, he who lives will
Srr Meanwhile YOU have done good service
Ia the state, and YOU shall have your re-
ward. cousin. II | am PRESIDENT ald
rmphnsis on this. the meaning ct which hts
listener did not miSs-'it by the support
OF my followers I become president, WIN
not forget YOU. And now | must upSaddle
and get back. | want to he ut laings
Mex in sixty hours. to wait Tor General
Woods answer. You will ste about the
sending in of those prisoners; ami he
knocked ont his pipe and rose.
"Ey the way, meluhecr, SAID Muller,
suddenly adopting a tone OF respect
have u favor to aS&.
What is Il, nephew
IL want q piss for two friends of mine
English pcoplr-n Pretoria to 20 down to
their relations in WakkrrStroom district.
They sent 4 message to me by Hans
CoetZee.
Il don't like giving passes answered
the general with some irritation. l"u
know what it means, letting ont mrSSen-
gers. wonder you ask me.
1t is a small favor, metulAe- and J do
not think that it will he mU"~Gatter.
Pretoria will not be bcSirged much longer.
| am under an obligation to the people.
We'll, well, ~ YOU like; but II any
harm comes of il. you will be held re-
Sponsible. Write the pass, | will sign 1t.
Frank Muller sat down aud wrote and
dated the paper. Its contents were simple:
Pass the heaters unhirmrd.
That is big enough to drive u wagon
along" said the general. when 1t was
handed To him to sign. 1T might mean
al Pretoria
~ am not certain il there are two or
three OF Them answered Muller,
clrcIessiy.
well, well, you are responsible. Give
me the pen and he scrawlrd his big,
course signature ut the foot.
II propose, with you permission, to Is
cnrt the cart down with two other men.
As you are aware, / 20 down to take over
the command OF the WIkkerStgoOm district
tomorrow
every good ID is your affair; you are
, responsible. | shall ask no questions, pro
yided your friends 10 no hurt to the
cause and he lett the room without an
other word.
When tine great man had gone, Frank
Muller sat down again OF the bench and
looked at the pass, and communcd with
himself, for he was far too wise Il man to
commune with anybody else. "The Lord
hath delivered mine enemy into mine
| hand" he said, with Il smile, and stroked
his Golden beard. We'll, well. | will not
| waste his merclful opportunities rs | did
that duy out b~uck-ShootIng. And then
tor EeSsIr. suppose I snail have to Kill
the old man too. / am sorry Tor that, but
it cant be- helped; besides, il anything
should happen to Jess, Jessie Will take
Mooifontein. aud that i worth having.
Not that | want more land; ! have enough.
Yes. / will marry her. 1t would serve her
right II [ didn't; but, after all, marriage Is
more respectable. and also n has more
hold of a wife. Nobody will Interfere tor
her. Then. she will Ice nt use to me by
/ and by, Tor a beautiful woman Is a power
even among these tellow-countrymen oi
mine. il only a man knows how to bait his
| lines with her. Yes, | shall marry her.
/ Bah, that is the way to win a woman-by
/ capture: and, what Is more, they like It.
| II makes her worth winning too. II will
he a courtship OF blood. Well, the kisses
will he the sweeter, and in the end she
will love me the more for what | have
/ dared tor her. ~ Frank Muller, 50, Ten
years aye you said to yourself. There art
| three things worth having in the world
first, wealth. secondly, women, It they
| take your fancy. OF, better still, II wo-
man. 1t YOU desire her above all others
/ thirdly, power. Now, - have got the
/ wealth, for one way aud another You are
the richest man in the TrauSvaal. In a
weeks time Won will have the woman you
love. and who Is Swceter tn you than all
the world besides. In five years time you
will have the powcr-abSoiutr power.
/ That old man Is clever, he will be- presi-
/ dent. Eut ! an rlryrrcr. / shall Soou
/ take his seat. thu-'-and ne rose and
seated himself in thcgcncrlIs chair-"amd
he will 90 down u step aud take mime,
/ Az, and then [ will reign. My tongue
shall he honey aud my hand iron. will
pass over the land like . storm. ! will
/ drive the English out with the help Of the
/ KafirS, and then Twill kill the katlirs and
| ~. ,b.;r I,rl Ab"' aud M p,.,,